Dictionary of Welsh Biography

RHYS, EDWARD PROSSER (1901 - 1945), journalist, poet and publisher he contributed verses to Cymru'r Plant when he was quite young. In 1924, at the national eisteddfod held at Pontypool, he won the crown for his poem 'Atgof', a poem which was unusual in its form and its content and which caused a stir at the time. He took the surname Rhys when he married Mary Prudence Hughes, of Aberystwyth in 1928; they had one daughter. In 1928 he began to publish books and
RHŶS, ELIZABETH (1841 - 1911), teacher, hostess and campaigner for women's rights Elspeth Hughes-Davies was born on 26 May 1841 at Tyn yr Aelgerth farmhouse near Llanberis, Caernarfonshire, the daughter of John Davies (Sion Dafydd yr Ali, c.1813-1881). Her father was considered to have exceptional mental powers, although he was a 'simple man' who had received none of the benefits of schooling; her mother's name is unknown. After working as a pupil-teacher in north Wales
RHYS, ERNEST (PERCIVAL) (1859 - 1946), poet, author, and editor Born 17 July 1859 in Islington, London, son of John Rhys, a native of Carmarthen, who was a publisher's assistant in London, and Emma, daughter of Robert Percival, Hockerell, Hertfordshire. Soon after the birth of their son the parents went to live in Nott Square, Carmarthen, from where Ernest Rhys went to his first school; they afterwards proceeded to Newcastle-on-Tyne. It was from Newcastle-on
RHYS, Sir JOHN (1840 - 1915), Celtic scholar college; and in 1881 became official Fellow and bursar. He remained bursar until 1895 when he was elected principal of the college, an appointment which he held until his death, 17 December 1915. He had married, in 1872, Elspeth Hughes-Davies (died 1911) of Llanberis; they had two daughters. Here is a list of his honours: he was knighted, 1907; made a member of the Privy Council, 1911; LL.D. Edinburgh
RHYS, JOHN DAVID (1534 - 1609?), physician and grammarian school in Pistoia. It is not known for how long he remained on the Continent, but he was back in Wales by 1579, and in 1583 he was practising as a physician at Cardiff. He later settled at Clun Hir in Brecknock. His wife was Agnes, daughter of John Garbet of Hereford, and they had seven sons. It is sometimes stated that he died in 1609, but certain sources seem to suggest that he was alive in 1617. Two
RHYS, MORGAN JOHN (Morgan ab Ioan Rhus; 1760 - 1804), Baptist minister, author, and American settler Born 8 December 1760, fourth son of John and Elizabeth Rees, ' Graddfa ' (a farm-house), near Llanbradach, Glamorganshire. He went to a school kept by D. Williams (1709 - 1784) and to Carmarthen, returning to keep a local school between 1780 and 1786. Joining the Baptist church of Hengoed, he was persuaded to prepare himself for the ministry, and having studied for a year at the Baptist Academy
RICE family Newton, Dynevor, 1581 he and Sir John Perot were obliged by the Privy Council to enter into recognizances of £1,000 each to keep the peace. Griffith Rice's son, WALTER RICE (c. 1560 - 1611), was Member of Parliament for Carmarthenshire, 1584-5, for Carmarthen, 1601 and 1604-11, and high sheriff for Carmarthenshire, 1586. Described as 'the Queen's Servant,' he obtained further grants of lands in Carmarthenshire and
RICHARD ap JOHN (fl. 1578-1611) Scorlegan, Llangynhafal, gentleman, poet, patron of bards, and copyist He traced his pedigree through Edwin ap Grono to Hywel Dda and Rhodri Mawr. His father, John Wyn ap Robert ap Griffith, was a waiter in the queen's ewry, but he died of the plague before the children, Richard, John Wyn, and Catherine, had reached their majority. Lewis ab Edward and Gruffudd Hiraethog wrote elegies on his death. The children and their mother, Margaret, daughter of Griffith ab
RICHARD, JOHN (fl. 1743-1784), Calvinistic Methodist exhorter, and hymn-writer . The entry relating to his burial is to be found in the Llansamlet register, 26 December 1784. In 1747 he published two small books, Hymn Fuddjol ac Angenredjol and Hymnau Byddiol, etc.. both of which were printed at Carmarthen. The hymns, which at one time were attributed to John Richard of Bryniog Uchaf, are of no particular value. There are several of his letters among the Trevecka manuscripts.
RICHARD(S), JOHN (1720 - 1764), Calvinistic Methodist exhorter, and poet Born in 1720 at Bryniog Uchaf, Llanrwst, came under the influence of Methodism c. 1740, began to exhort c. 1749, and died in 1764. For his work, see Y Traethodydd, 1886 (278) and 1887 (122), and Owen Williams, Llyfryddiaeth Sir Ddinbych, 146; but the hymns attributed to him in Llyfryddiaeth y Cymry, 411, and in Owen Williams's list (above) are not his; they belong to John Richard(s) of Llansamlet
RICHARD, JOHN - see RICHARDS, JOHN
RICHARDS family Coed, Caerynwch, ) JOHN HUMPHREYS. Grace's great-grandchild, CATHERINE, only child of ROBERT VAUGHAN HUMPHREYS (sheriff of Merioneth, 1760), became the wife of Sir RICHARD RICHARDS (1752 - 1823), judge, baron of the exchequer and thereafter often called ' baron Richards '; born 5 November 1752, he was the son of Thomas Richards of Coed, near Dolgelley, by his wife Catherine, sister of William Parry, warden of Ruthin

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